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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-14

Reduce the taxes. This is the right
watchword Of true Democracy. There
are one hundred millions taken yearly
from the people and horded by a Govern
ment that pretends to be representative
of the popular sense and feeling. Repre-
sentatives are the trustees and servants
of the people, and they have no right to
substitute personal ideas for the popular
will.
The american Republic is the great
enfranchisement Of the popular right to
self-government. It's officers usurp au-
thority like conspirators when they leg
islate on false principles. The Cooper
Union meeting petitioned Mr.. Cleveland
by forcible resolutions to call an extra
session of Congress to consider this grave
matter, if the present Congress fails in
its duty. All of which goes to show that
the average American citizen does not
think very long before he arrives at a
very wise conclusion.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-14

feat, his very traditions are gone. With
out money, credit, employment, material
or t~raining-and, beside all this, con-
fronted with the gravest problem that
ever met human intelligence-the estab-
fishing Of a status for the vast body OF
his liberated slaves.
"What does he do-this hero in gray
with a heart of goldy Does he sit down
in sullenness and despair? Not for a
day. Surely God, who had stripped him
of his prosperity, inspired him in his
adversely. AS ruin was never before SO
overwhelming, never was restoration
swifter. The soldier stepped from the
trenches into the furrow; horses that
had charged Federal guns marched before
the pillow, and fields that ran red with
human blood in April were green with
the harvest in June; women reared IN
luxury cut up their dresses and made
breeches for their husbands, and, with a
patience and heroism that ft women
always az q garment, gave their hands to
work. There was little bitterness in
all this. Cheerfulness and ~frankness
prevailed. Bill Arp struck the
keynote when he said Well, /
killed as many of them as they did of me,
and now | am going to work Laughter
and applause. Or the soldier, returning
home after defeat and roasting some corn
on the roadside, who made the remark to
bis comrades: You may leave the South
if you want to, but / am going to San
dersville, kiss my wife and raise a crop,
and if the Yankees fool with me any
more | will whip 'em again Renewed
applause. | want to say to General
Sherman-who is considered an able man
in our parts, though some people think
he is a kind of careless man about fire
that from the ashes he left us in 1864 we
have raised a brave and beautiful city;
that somehow or other we have caught
the sunshine in the bricks and mortar Of
our homes, and have builded therein not
one ignoble prejudice or memory Zap
plause.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-14
RUSSIA.

The Herdld's military critic puts a color
of romantic ornament on the editorialo on
Russia.
"Thc," Chat is heavy Notifications
"yield rather to the incessant mining OF
the hidden sapper-to the insidious APP
proach Of the cunningly-driven zigzag
and parallel.
"To strike boldly across the Gulf OF
Bothnia is not the plan of campaign for
a power so practised in war as Russia.
1t better asserts with her traditional
strategy to take Norway or Sweden, OF
both, in their vulnerable points; to strike
them where they look across the Arctic
ocean toward the midnight sun, or,
using more homely language, to enter
Scandinavia by her back door. And
this is really the step that is already be-
ing talked about at st. Petersburg. The
military ambition that only a few years
ago was bent on recovering the cost OF
%annexing the Central Asian khanates IN
the spoils of Delhi and Lahore is now
seeking to add the frozen wastes of the
Varanger Fiord and the ice-bound islets
of the North Cape the jewels that shine
in the crown of the White Gar. For
this, i: may be, the Uleaborg railway is
being pushed forward; and for this Rus
STA is encouraging a sort of racial move
ment among the Firms who have emf
grated to Norway in recent years"
How is that for a Napoleonic descrip-
tion of something? Doesn't it bring be-
fore the wondering imagination Of the
entranced reader a grand display of ar
mics and a light and airy mixture OF
geography?
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-14

The Indiana Legislature is in a muddle
over the complications between the Sena-
torship and the office Of Lieutenant Gov
ernor. They had appealed to the State
Supreme Court. Though a majority OF
the judges are Democrats, they united in
referring the whole matter to the Legis.
lature. This body, in joint session, which
the Democratic Senators refused to at.
tend, canvassed the vote and declared
Robertson, the Republican candidate
elected by a plurality of all the votes cast
but the Democrats protest that it was
without legal force.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-14

Eighty-one votes in the New York
Legislature will elect a Senator, and as
the Democrats have sixty it is proposed
by some Of the latter to vote for Conkling
if he will accept.
W. think Conkling would accept just
from recalling a little Renaissance Of his
begging the Legislature for the seat which
he resigned, when he supposed in the
fulness Of turkey-cock vanity, that it
would be rendered him again. He was
glad to see Cleveland elected President,
because spite is stronger than party
loyalty to a party that snubbed him, and
if there is a chance where he can grandly
assume the position of an alleged in
dependent patriot statesman, we cannot
help thinking that Mr.. Roscoe Conkling
is the man to do it.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-14
THE CONFEDERATE,S RETURN.

Mr.. Grady's description of the return
of the Confederate soldier after the war
is worth a place in everybody's scrap
book, and by accident it got an additional
light on 1t by contrast with the Union
soldiers triumph.
OR. Talmage has drawn for YOU, with
a master's hand the picture Of your return
ing armies. He has told you how in the
pOmp and circumstance Of war, they
came back 10 you, marching with proud
and victorious tread, reading their glory
in a nations eyes, viii you bear with
me while | tell you of another army that
sought its home at the close of the late
war-an army that marched home in de-
feat and not in victOTy-in pathOs and
not in splender, but in glory that equaled
yours, and 10 hearts as loving as ever well
coined heroes home? Let me picture 10
you the footsore Confederate soldier, as
b%uttOning UP in his faded gray jacket
the parole which was to bear testimony
to his children of his fidelity and faith,
turned his face southwark from AppOma-
toX in April, 1860. Think of him as ragged,
hall starved, heayy-hearted, enfeeDled by
want and wounds having fought to ex-
haustion, he surrenders his gun, wrings
the hands of his comrades in silence, and
lifting his tear-stained and pallid face for
the last time 10 the graves that dot the
old Virginia hills, pulls his gray cap over
his brow, and begins the slow and pain
full journey. What does he find-let me
ask you, who went to your homes eager
10 find, in the welcome you had justly
earned, full payment for four years sac
rifice-what does he find when, hav-
ing followed the battle-stained cross
against overwhelming odds, dreading
death not half so much as surrender,
he reaches the home he left so
prosperous and beautifulY He finds his
house in ruins, his farm devastated, his
slaves free, his stock killed, his barns
empty, his trade destroyed, his money
worthless, his social system, feudal in its
magnificence, swept away, his people
without law or legal status, his com
rades slain. and the burdens of others
heavy on his shoulders. Crushed by de-
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-14
Editor Of tie Tlmes.

LUlIOT y UVo IIUlC5.
| know the reason why the Dispatch
don't discuss and argufy with the DAILY
TIMES. It's because they don't want their
country subscribers to know that you
have started a daily paper and stop the
Dispatch. | think it was a dead give away
about making up the "Old Man." and
dogon if | don't say so all the time at our
base-b a club. "SMARLBOY."
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-14
Mr.. Calino has lust engaged a maid.

Mr.. Calino has Just engaged a maid
servant lately arrived from Brittany.
Yesterday he asked her for some hot
water. but, sir, you have some" she
replied. Il took some up to you last
evening Paris paper.
That's very well for the master Of a
house, but the average hOuse-maid or
cook-lady down here can put the mistress
of the house in hot water all the time
without any trouble in calling for it.
Humorist Of the Dispatch, step to the
front.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-14

When we say, "reduce taxes" we dc
not mean to chime in with Regulators
and demagogues, who try to persuade the
people Of Virginia that they cannot
afford to make a debt settlement. A
debt settlement brings no additional
taxes. 1t r%e-establishes the reputation OF
our State, and brings capital here to
develop our resources. The policy that
organizes a sensation against creditors
is the dyspepsia of the old fogyism that
cannot digest It's responsibilities.
Virginia has tried secession and nulli6-
cation and has made a contract to let
them alone.
Our National Government under Demo
cratic control is a pride to every patriotic
citizen, and to denounce its authority as
corrupt is nonsense.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-14
PAGE McCARTY, EDITOR
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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-14

The millionaire Of the United States
Senate are, John Sherman, who presides
over that august body.
Stanford, of California; Palmer, OF
Michigan; Sawyer, of Wisconsin; Jones.
of Nevada; Payne, Of Ohio; Dolph and
Mitchell, of Oregon; Cameron, Of Penn
s%ylvania; Cheney, Of New Hampshire;
Spooner, of Wisconsin, who remain in
their seats after March 4th next. While
these Senators have large wealth, what is
their worth as Legislators? What inter
ests have they in common with the mil
lions?
To these will be added or continued
after March 4th "Silver" Stewart, Hearst,
~Stockbridge, Farwell, Quay, and Camden.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-14

1t was understood that General Wick
ham had submitted a proposition to the
strikers at Newport News, and that the
strikers were discussing it. There is not
likely to be any further disturbance, but
the best way would be to make the ne
groes who caused the first disturbance
amenable to the law, if they can be
caught.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-14

Ella Wheeler Wilcox says she can see
more light than darkness in the world.
SO can we, Ella, when the sidewalks are
one sheet Of ice.-Buryiayt0n Free Press.
If Ella ever fell down on the ice she
would know that stars in the daytime
beat the incandescent burner, unless her
back hair is thick enough to break the
ice.
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FOR RENT.
MEETINGS.

NOTICE. THE REGULAR AN
~ nual meeting of the stockholders OF the
Merchants National Bank OF Richmond will be
held at their Banking House on Tuesday, the
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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-14
SPECIAL AND Personal.

Whenever any weary reader turns from
the joke column of the Dispatch with an
expression of melancholy and then light:
or a pretty little green patch of charity
in an insinuation of pity for Cluyerius
he will naturally say, in classic language.
"Why in tn. name Of the King Goose OF
Ganderyille did the Dlpatch weaken on
its great subject after its first storm OF
virtuous indignation ?"
Well, the answer is hat when Cluve-
rious is hung and the "Old Man" dis
solved into the thin air, out Of which he
is made, the Dispatch will feel like an
empty gourd mo reflection Brother
Drinkard), and sadness will gather
around its neck.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-05-14
virqinia's Debt Negotiation.

The Virginia papers announce the
failure Of the negotiations between
committee of the foreign bondholders
and the legislative committee APP
pointed to arranged settlement ofthe
state debt The propositions made
on each side approached very near to
an agreement, and it is possible yet
that terms may be reached. But the
Virginians have apparently no hopes
of such result, rs they believe they
have gone to the furthest limit Their
sources of the state will permit. Be
yond this point they declare it impos
sible to proceed, and they have ac-
cordingly reported TO the Legislature
that the negotiations are at an end
The bondholders demanded an ac-
Acknowledgement of the entire debt,
amounting according to their calcula-
ton to S34,399,000 They were will.
ing to submit to reduction Of var
ious sums amounting in the aggre-
gate to S7,510,000, leaving the debt
at S26, SS8, 900. On this amount they
asked that interest at the rate of 3
per cent be paid for the first five
years and of 4 per cent. for fifteen
years, when the bonds were to be
come due. This would involve an an
nual interest charge Of S806,640. In
addition they demanded that the
State pay in cash the sum of $1,002,-
600 for arrearages Of interest, pay the
whole expensesin connection with the
present negotiation and make the
new bonds free from all taxation.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-05-14

y after the death Of
his f Scotch laird made
arrar for second marriage,
and his son, we'll nown
auth present on the occas-
ion. replied that she re-
greite unable to attend in
cons, the recent death of
his m
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Also, OEHH & SON, Pratt and Hanover Sis.

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED to MAKE EITHER
STORES YOUR HEADQUARTERS WHEN IN BALTIMORE.
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1Ht fRST AND LAST.

A SIN Re led on a big cigar.
Hi out and his cheeks sank
He gu 'umes with his lips ajar,
VIII shook his youthful chin !;
His e cen, but be sm0le a smile,
He sat the farm-yard stile,
And hat DER his CLASSY eye,
And wllok ink at Il COW near by.
The q round. but the stie stood
Sill
TIL up and the Kid crawled
He g ad, for he felt SO III,
AM at cigar had ''done aim
His Il hC and his feet like lead;
His cae white as q linseed spread,
Will gaspe1 as be gazed AFFAIR."
s'ifi .e re's my last cigar"
- PhtlGdefphta Mems.
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FOR SALE.

A FIGURING MILL, with ruin fburrs,
~ all in good condition, and IN good
grain country. 10 acres Of land, dwell
ings good orchard and coal bank; situated
3 of mile from Cleveland Pittsburg r.
r. Price, $4,000. I-3 cash, balance on
easy terms, or would exchange for good
Real Estate in or near Martinsburg. J. II.
3RISToR, Martinsburg, w. Va. May7-3t
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luiet Smile.

II aeah kears am mighty
dan hits mostly de las
kear mashed up She
eva Icy leave off de las
kear,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-03-03

Hallcck's orders to Curtis had been TO keep
the enemy south of Boston mountains. But
small attachments of his troops had been left
rs guards here and there along the route, as
he followed after Price, till his army had be-
Como stretched out very thin They had
marched into Arkansas travelling at the rate
Of twenty miles a day, an extraordinary
march under the circumstances. Curtis
force was much smaller than the Reinforced
Confederate army Curtis therefore fell bacl,
north from the neighborhood OF Boston
mountains and took a position nearer to Mis-
souri,, at Bentonville. Hehad retreated from
Fayetteville Van Dorm followed end the
Confederate army became in turn the pursuer,
Curtis resolved to dispose his forces about
Sugar creek, near BentonviIlc, and await the
battle which he saw must come.
Until he reached Sugar creek, however, lie
was not aware OF Van Dorn's arrival in the
Confederate camp. II made things look
shaky for his little army, p 600 against 1000,
but Curtis did not weaken. II was too late
to run, if he had wanted to.
The reader will sec from tho map tho dispo-
sition of the forces on each side. Sugar creek
flows first westward through mountain de-
file. then northward, slzirting a clump Of
mountains. The westerly portion os tie
clump is called Pea Ridge Thence the tattls
gets its name. II is also sometimes called the
battle Of Elklorn tavern, from a mouse IN
the eastern part of tho mountain group.
In the map the black, broken lines to tie
nosthward indicate the Confederate troops
The open ones a little south Of them tho
Federals. By a skillful movement Van
Dorm had thanked Curtis on the night OF
March G and gained hisrear. This threatened
to cut or Curtis communication with Spring
field, No, and his supplies. The aspect was
black enough.
Gen. Franz Sigel distinguished himself hon
orally ina skiInish on March @ Ills camp
was the mos. westerly of Curtis forces, being
near Bcntonville, which appears on the map.
Van Dorm passed through that town on his
way northward To get in Curtis rear. By
sl,illfully covering his right flank with cav
airy movement 6igel managed 70 get of with
his whole supply train and convey it TO Sugar
creek. About 600men and five pieces Of light
artillery were behind at Bentonville, and in
moment they were surrounded with Confed-.
crate cavalry and infantry Sigel himself
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-03-03
Hints for Esthetes.

A pair of old castaway boots veneer
ed with gilt make a pretty wall orna-
ment. To add to the effect put patches
of cotton wool on the legs. to initiate
snow.
An old pair of corsets ornamented
with creeping vines and pretty designs
in leaf, make very elegant ornament
to hang over a bedroom door.
An old coal scuttle tinted with deli
cate shades of scarlet and ccrulcan blue
furnishes a unique relief for dining
room wall. To brighten the effect,
place several selected vegetables in the
scuttle, allowing the tops TO be seen at
a distance half way across the room.
As an ornamental design for front
hall take a dozen tomato cans and paint
each one a different color. Tie bow
of pretty satin ribbon of various shades
about each. Run gaudy string
through the lot and hang them on the
wall close to the ceiling. One can
hardly imagine the divine effect of this
exquisite collection.
An old tin water sprinkler covered
with halo of gilt stars and pulyerized
glass diamonds, and suspended from a
parlor chandelier, is very attractive. A
large pink satin bow arranged over the
spout adds very materially to the effect.
- Whitehall Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-03-03
A Novel Way of Identifying Prison
prS.

There is law in San Francisco,
aimed especially at the Chinese, requir-
ing that sleeping apartments shall con-
tain 500 cubic feet OF pure air to each
occupant. Recently, two San Francis
co police officers made raids on two
in the Chinese quarter,
and arrested forty-scven violators Of
the law. As 4 matter of precaution,
SO that he might be able to identify the
prisoners when they came into court,
one of the officers marked each with q
small sign written with an aniline pen
Gil. When the defendants were brought
before the Judge they were represent
ed by counsel, who declared that, rs a
separate complaint had been filed
against each party accused, each would
have to be tried separately. The first
one called up was found guilty, he hav-
ing been identified by the small mark
on his neck. In the language of the
day, the other defendants "got on the
mark business, and in few minutes
forty-six Cinnamon were each observed
wetting the tip of the right index fin
ger with saliva and rubbing the spot
where the mark had been. Two more
Of the defendants were called for trial,
but each had to be discharged, as the
officer was unable to find the identified
ton mark. The cases of the others
were postponed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-03-03
homes-the garden spot Of the world

homes-the garden spot of the world.
My feet growing cold in the snow |
started down the mountain. 1t looks
easy to go down one of these noun
tains, but looks are deceiving in this
case. To descend these slopes is one
of the hardest tasks one is called upon
to perform. After few falls and mar
row escapes, however, managed to get
down in time to take dinner at the
Arrowhead Hot Springs Hotel. where
there are some forty eastern people
sojourning for their health. OF these
remarkable springs / will tell you later
on.
Just now there are four daily papers
published here and they make noise
enough to be heard a good ways.
However, they are each and all making
living somehow. | do not wish to
encourage people without means to
come here, but just now mechanics
carpenters especially-are in demand
at good wages. Good reliable work.
men can secure plenty to do.
This country has several features of
peculiar interest typographical, social.
and otherwise which l propose to dish
up to your readers in future letters.
San Bernardino. Feb. %. A. S.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-03-03
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and are answered that re-enforcements ave

and are answered that re-enforcements are
being forwarded as fast as possible.
In Haleck's instruction TO Curtis he con-
stantly urges the latter to keep his mon to-
gether, and not let the enemy fight him in
detail. "rhrow out your cavalry carefully
says Halleck, "likc fingers to the hand, SO that
they can be drawn in on the main body"
Curtis, in one of his letters, declares that he
must have cavalry horses, 400 new sets Of ar
tillery harness and 10000 pairs Of pants
Halleck answers back that "pants viii DO
SENT but he cannot spare any horses.
Missouri and Arkansas wero the scene OF
the most desperate guerrilla fighting Of the
war; and this fact is also reflected in Curtis
letters. He tells Col Clark Wright: "There
is great set Of rogues about Keitsville and
hope you viii find and arrest and send back
the most of them. Another Of Curtis orders
is very strict in regard 70 protection Of pri-
vate property. He will not permit houses to
be entered, unless for spies, arms or soldiers.
Restrain your troops from acts of cruelty
and folly" he directs Col Wright
Gen. Price wintered Mt Springfield, getting
recruits and supplies February II, Curtis
began his march against Price, IS he APP
preached Price retreated south, and finally
went over the border into Arkansas. He
camped at place called Cross Hollows
Curtis cavalry followed in close pursuit
Price retreated hastily leaving number of
sick and considerable amount of commits
sary stores behind him. He burned his bar
racks at Cross Hollows.
Near this place occurred one Of those out
RACES of the war which all must regret now
Some Of Prices provisions were left at ham
let called Mud Town. Some Confederate
officers, before they abandoned these, scat
tered poison over them. Federal officers and
men following on found the provisions ate
of them and siclened and died. Who per-
petrated the act has never been exactly ascer-
tanned But it shows what warfare in Mis-
souri, and Arkansas meant in those days.
Price continued retreating till he came to
Boston mountains. Look on the map and
you will see a spur OF the Ozark range ex
tending into the northwest corner Of Arkan-
sas, about fifty miles south Of tho border
This is the Boston mountains, stretch of
hills 1900 feet high.
Gen Earl Van Dorm had been recently ap
pointed to the command Of the Confederate